PROFILE: AUSTRIAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION (OePAV)

The Austrian Public Affairs Association (OePAV) was founded in September 2011. Membership is open to public affairs professionals in companies, trade unions and NGOs or self-employed public affairs consultants.OePAV members work in various business fields. OePAV aims to unite key areas of public affairs – Lobbying, Government Relations, Issues -and Stakeholder Management and Corporate Social Responsibility.

OePAV facilitates the exchange of knowledge of the national and international level. The goal of the Association is to strengthen the position of the public affairs business in the public.

Objectives

Objectives are:

• To be the contact for the Austrian government and administration regarding regulations of the public affairs business;
• To develop the public affairs business by defining quality standards and a code of conduct; to support an exchange of knowledge and to provide education and training;
• To increase the perception of public affairs as management tool; to improve its reputation in business environment, the media and the public;
• To make Austrian politicians and administration aware of the importance of reputable public affairs work;
• To support the identification of public affairs professionals with their profession across structural boundaries (companies, agencies, associations, NGOs).

Partners

The Austrian Public Affairs Association cooperates with national and international associations to advance the exchange of experience. Partners include:

• Public Relations Verband Austria (PRVA)
• Degepol (Germany)

Institutional Members

1. Coca Cola
2. Erste
3. IKP
4. Imperial Tobacco
5. MasterMind
6. Österrchisches Fertighausverband
7. Roche

Regular Members (95 Individuals from the following organisations)

1. AbbVie
2. Agenda
3. Alba Communications
4. Amgen
5. Amway
6. Astra Zeneca Österreich
7. Austrian Power Grid
8. Bayer Austria
9. bc berger communications
10. British Botschaft
11. Casinos Austria
12. Coca Cola *Georg Brockmeyer*Trummer & Team
13. comcharis
14. communication matters
15. Conclusio PR Beratung
16. Dr. Närr Consultancy
17. Eacon European Affairs Consulting Group
18. Ecker & Partner Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Public Affairs
19. Erste Group
20. FEEI Fachverband Elektro-und Elektronikindustrie
21. FIPRA Unternehmensberatung
22. Flughafen Wien
23. FOPI- Forum der forschenden pharmazeutischen Industrie; GlaxoSmithKline Pharma
24. Gaisberg Consulting
25. Google
26. Grayling  
27. H & P Public Affairs
28. Hartinger-Klein Consulting
29. Heidi Glück media + public affairs consulting
30. Hoppe Strategia, Politica, Media
31. ikp PR und Lobbying
32. Imperial Tobacco
33. Industriellevereinigung
34. Janssen Cilag Pharma
35. JTI Austria
36. Jurka P.S.A.
37. Kapsch Business Com
38. Ketchum Publico
39. Kovar & Partners Public Affairs Consulting
40. Mastermind Public Affairs Consulting
41. Medtronic
42. Novartis Phama Austria
43. Ökobüro
44. Österreichische Hoteliervereinigung
45. Österreichischer Fertighausverband
46. Österreichischer Generikaverband
47. Österreichischer Gewerbeverein
48. Österreichischer Sparkassenverband
49. pantarhei advisors
50. Peritia Communications
51. Pfizer Corporation of Austria
52. Philp Morris Austria
53. Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich
54. Reingrabner PR & Kommunikation
55. Repuco Untrenehmensberatung
56. Roche Austria
57. Samsung Electronics Austria
58. Sanofi
59. Schneider Minar Jenewein Consulting
60. Siemens
61. T-Systems Austria
62. UNIQUE relations
63. Verband der Cigarren-und Pfeifenfachhändler Österreichs
64. Verband Österreichischer Privatsender
65. Vötter Consulting
66. Wiko Wirtschaftskommunikation